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### Pointcloud Toolbar

Pointcloud Toolbar

The Pointcloud toolbar provides all pointcloud operations, features, and functions. It is accessible from the View | Toolbars | Pointcloud menu depending on your system's configuration.

All options may not be available. Some options require specific licensing to enable them.

The following options are available from this toolbar:

Pointcloud: Displays the Pointcloud dialog box to create pointcloud features. For details on the dialog box and creating pointcloud features, see the "Manipulating Pointclouds" topic in the "Using Pointclouds" chapter in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Operator: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box to perform different operations on Cloud of Points (COP) commands and other Pointcloud operator commands. For details on the dialog box and creating pointcloud operators, see "Pointcloud Operators" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Mesh: Displays the Mesh Command dialog box to define a mesh command for pointclouds. For details, see "Creating a Mesh Feature" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation. This option is only available if you have the Mesh and Big COP licenses.

Pointcloud Data Collection Parameters: Displays the Laser Data Collection Settings dialog box to define data filtering and an exclusion plane for your pointcloud data. For details on this dialog box, see the "Laser Data Collection Settings" topic.

Pointcloud Boolean Operation: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Boolean operator selected. For details on the dialog box and on creating a Boolean pointcloud operator, see "BOOLEAN" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter of the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Cross Section Pointcloud: Opens the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the CROSS SECTION option selected in the Operator list. Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Cross Section toolbar:

For details on pointcloud cross sections and using the Pointcloud Cross Section toolbar, see "Cross Section" in the "Pointcloud Operators" chapter of this documentation.

Clean Pointcloud: When clicked, the CLEAN operation immediately eliminates outlier COP points based on the default MAX DISTANCE of the points to the CAD. If the distance of a point is greater than the value of MAX DISTANCE, the point is considered an outlier or not belonging to the part. To use this operation, you must have at least a rough alignment established (see "Creating a Pointcloud/CAD Alignment") and a CAD model. For details on the CLEAN pointcloud operator, see "CLEAN" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Empty Pointcloud: When clicked, PC-DMIS immediately removes all the data of the currently selected COP. Be aware that this change is permanent, so use with caution. For details on the EMPTY pointcloud operator, see "EMPTY" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Filter Pointcloud: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the FILTER operation selected. The operation filters data to a smaller subset of points. For details on the FILTER pointcloud operator, see "FILTER" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Export: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box for the currently selected export option.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Export toolbar:

The options available are:

Export Pointcloud in IGES Format: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the EXPORT IGES operation selected. The Export IGES operation exports the data in a COP or operator command in IGES format to an IGES file. For details on exporting supported file types, see "EXPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Export Pointcloud in XYZ Format: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the EXPORT XYZ operation selected. The Export XYZ operation exports the data in a COP or operator command in XYZ format to an XYZ file. For details on exporting supported file types, see "EXPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Export Pointcloud in PSL Format: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the EXPORT PSL operation selected. The Export PSL operation exports the data in a COP or operator command in PSL format to a PSL file. For details on exporting supported file types, see "EXPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Import: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box for the currently selected import option.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the Pointcloud Import toolbar:

The options available are:

Import Pointcloud in XYZ Format: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT XYZ operation selected. The Import XYZ operation imports data from an external file into a COP command in the XYZ format. For details on importing supported file types, see "IMPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Import Pointcloud in PSL Format: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT PSL operation selected. The Import PSL operation imports data from an external file into a COP command in the PSL format. For details on importing supported file types, see "IMPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Import Pointcloud in STL Format: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the IMPORT STL operation selected. The Import STL operation imports data from an external file into a COP command in the STL format. For details on importing supported file types, see "IMPORT" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Purge Pointcloud: When clicked, PC-DMIS immediately removes all data points that do not belong to this operator. It is irreversible and affects all other operator commands that refer to same COP container, so use with caution. For details on the Purge pointcloud operator command, see "PURGE" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Reset Pointcloud: When clicked, PC-DMIS immediately reverses the most recent Surface Colormap, Point Colormap, Select or Clean (unless Purge has been done) operations. For details on the Reset pointcloud operator command, see "RESET" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Select Pointcloud: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Select operator selected. This pointcloud operator provides by default the Polygon selection method. Select the vertices of the polygon and then press the End Key to close it. For details on the Select pointcloud operator command, see the "SELECT" topic in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

The Select Pointcloud option differs from the use of the pointcloud operator as it only applies the function and is not added as a command. To create the command, open the pointcloud operator, and choose the Select method.

TCP/IP: Performs the currently selected operation described below.

Click the drop-down arrow to display the TCP/IP toolbar:

The options available are:

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server receive data: Places PC-DMIS in a "watch" state, where it is ready to receive a pointcloud file from a client application. The client application must initiate sending the pointcloud data. This button only appears when you run PC-DMIS in Offline mode.

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server Connection with Local Copy: Establishes the connection with the client and sends the point cloud data directly to the client. When the scan finishes, the point cloud data remains inside the measurement routine. For details on the TCP/IP Pointcloud server connection, see "TCP/IP Pointcloud Server".

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server Connection without Local Copy: Establishes the connection with the client and sends the point cloud data directly to the client. When the scan finishes, the point cloud data is deleted from the measurement routine. For details on the TCP/IP Pointcloud server connection, see "TCP/IP Pointcloud Server".

Pointcloud Alignment: Displays the Pointcloud/CAD Alignment dialog box to create Pointcloud to CAD and COP to COP alignments. For details, see "Alignment Dialog Box Description" in the "Pointcloud Alignments" chapter of the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Point Colormap: Displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Point Colormap operator selected. The Point Colormap operation evaluates the deviations of the data points contained in a COP command compared to a CAD object. For details on the Pointcloud Point Colormap operator, see "POINT COLORMAP" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

Pointcloud Surface Colormap: This displays the Pointcloud Operator dialog box with the Surface Colormap operator selected. The SURFACE COLORMAP operation applies a colored shading to the CAD model. The model is shaded according to the deviations of the pointcloud compared to the CAD. The Pointcloud Surface Colormap operator uses the colors defined in the Edit Dimension Color dialog box, and the tolerance limits specified in the Upper tolerance and Lower tolerance boxes. For details on the Pointcloud Surface Colormap operator, see "SURFACE COLORMAP" in the PC-DMIS Laser documentation.

You can create multiple surface colormaps in a PC-DMIS measurement routine. However, only one is active. The last surface colormap that was applied and created, or the last one executed, is always the currently active colormap. You can also select which colormap is the active one from the Colormaps list box. When you activate a new colormap, PC-DMIS displays its associated scale with tolerance values and any annotations in the Graphic Display window.

To do this, click the Colormaps list box and select the colormap from the list of defined Surface Colormap operators:

More:

Using Pointclouds

Creating a Mesh Feature

Pointcloud Operators

Pointcloud Alignments

TCP/IP Pointcloud Server